Casting more light on burgeoning graphic novels industry
Prior to Art Spiegelman’s Holocaust memoir, Maus, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1992, comics were seen as the preserve of children.
It was 19 years before Chris Ware’s Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid On Earth caused a stir by winning the Guardian First Book Award. Graphic novels are the biggest expanding area in publishing, and Dotter Of Her Father’s Eyes shows how easily the medium is suited to addressing weighty topics. Written by Mary M Talbot and illustrated by her husband, Bryan, Dotter draws a parallel between Mary and her father, and celebrated novelist James Joyce and his daughter, Lucia.
